Heidi Johnston
Parent - Dunclug Nursery
Welcome to Getting Ready to Learn
Supporting pre-school education providers.
The Getting Ready to Learn project seeks to support pre-school education providers with DE-funded places to encourage and develop parental involvement in children's early learning. It is focused on improving outcomes for children in pre-school by engaging and empowering parents to help them create and sustain positive home learning environments. Read more...
Introduction to Getting Ready to Learn
Getting Ready to Learn. Our Story So Far...
Themes
Settings can apply for funding to support delivery of between one and four themes, which have been identified as particularly relevant to parents' of pre-school children:
Education Works in pre-school
Focuses on increasing parents understanding of the pre-school curriculum and the importance of play. Through this theme, setting will provide guidance to parents to support their child's learning at home.
Happy Healthy Kids
Focuses on raising parents' awareness of the importance of physical activity. Through this theme, settings will provide guidance to help parents increase the amount of time children spend on physical exercise and encourage reduced screen time at home.
Ages and Stages
Focuses on raising parents' awareness of developmental milestones for 3-4 year olds, helping them to recognize their child's achievements and next steps in learning. Through this theme, settings will provide guidance for parents to help them support the development of specific skills at home.
Big Bedtime Read
Focuses on supporting parents to read regularly to their children at bedtime and on encouraging good bedtime routines. It also aims to increase parents' awareness of reading opportunities throughout a young child's day.
What People are Saying
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This programme has been fantastic for us as staff, the parents and children have given so much positive feedback
Maria Walsh (Child's Play Day Nursery, Banbridge)Feb 2017 -
Getting Ready to Learn is transformational
Pamela Muir, Dunclug Nursery SchoolFeb 2016
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The skies the limit with this initiative
Anthea Ridley, Playhouse Activity Centre2017
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We all had a great time at our pyjama party. The kids and parents came in their pjs and brought their favourite pillow and teddy. We shared stories and songs and rhymes. We then had hot chocolate and cookies, Yum!
Paula Marie McIntyre (Millburn Community Playgroup, Coleraine)Jan 2017
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Fifteen Languages are spoken in our school and the Big Bedtime Read has been so helpful to us
Mrs Brown, Nursery Teacher, Carrick PS, Lurgan.Feb 2017
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My son's ipad broke last Tuesday and he hasn't missed it!
ParentFeb 2017
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We go to the library every week now and get 7 books at a time! He hasn't looked for his iPad in ages.
ParentFeb 2017
F.A.Q
Some funding is available to enable settings to establish practice, for example, purchasing resources for home-lending packs and guidance material. The funding is specifically aimed at enabling settings to engage with parents: therefore funding will not be available to purchase generic pre-school equipment, or IT hardware/software.
All settings delivering the NI Pre-School Education Curriculum in the 2019/20 academic year to target-age (3-4) children, namely:
- Nursery schools
- Nursery units within primary schools
- Private or voluntary settings with PSEP places
- Primary schools may also apply if they are delivering the NI Pre-School Education Curriculum to pre-school children in a reception class
- Special schools
Funding will be allocated to settings in September 2019 & must be used by the end of the financial year i.e. 31 March 2020.
Application forms must be received by Friday 14th June 2019. Please email your form to : grtl@eani.org.uk
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